Refrigerator show-case.



F. MOREHEAD. EFRIGERAOR SHOW CASE.. @PPucATjoN FILED MAY la. 912.

Patented May 29, 1917.

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G. F'. MOREHEAD. mrnlceamoa sHow CA'SE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13\ 1912- l Patented May 29, 1917.

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I provide a door 36 for the ice compartment and a door 37 for the display compartment. It will be noted that the false bottoms 1n the display compartment may be readily removed through the door 3T. In thc` baolriof the display compartment, I provide a mirror 3S on the door and mirrors 39 on each side. of thc door 37.

In the display compartment, I preferably provide a shelf .of perforated material constructed as follows: At the back of the displa)r compartment ateach end thereof at a suitable height, I provide hooks 40. S1mi lar hooks are provided on the front of the display compartment at each end thereof and arranged at the same height as the hooks 40. I provide angle bars 41 provided with perforations to receive the hooks, which angle bars are hung on the hooks in horizontal position, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Resting upon the angle bars are transverse bars or rods 42 and resting upon the rods 42 is a shelf 43 preferably made of perforated material such as stiff wire screen,

The practical operation of my improved refrigerator show case is as follows: Ice 4A is placed in the ice compartment through the door 36. The ice rests upon the perforated bottom 23. The drippings from the ice pass through the bottom 23 into the compartment 24 and are discharged through the opening 25. A circulation of cold air is established in the direction indicated by the arrows'in Fig. 3. The air passes into the compartment 24 and then into the compartment 27 and into the compartment under the false bottoms in the display compartment` A part of the air passes upwardly into the display compartment through the openings 30, 31 and 32. The larger part of cold air passes to the outer end of the device and through the openings 33 into the display compartment. The air rises as it is warmed and passes along the member 19 and through the opening into the ice compartment 15. The member 19 is inclined, as above described, to aid in establishing the circulation.

The advantages of my device lie inits peculiar construction whereby the cold air is evenly distributed in the display compartments by means of the arrangement and positions of the openings 30, 31, 32 and 33, whereby part of the air is permitted to pass into the display compartment at various points in the bottom thereof while a large part of the cold vair is carried to the outer end of said compartment. Articles placed at any point in the display compartment arc thus subjected to the circulation of cold air.

I claim as my invention:

l. A refrigerator show case comprising a central transverse ice chamber having openings ou each side at the top and bottom thereof, a cooling chamber in each end havin er the top inclined downwardly from the end adjacent to the ice chamber and from a line above the upper edge of the upper opening in the ice chamber, and a false bottom in the cooling' chambers spaced above the real bottoni and the top of tbc lower opening' from the ice chamber, said false bottom being provided with a series of openings which are gradualcd to increase in size or numl'iers per qvard as the distance from the ice chamber of the successive openings increases.

Q. A refrigerator show case comprising a central transverse icc chamber havincf openings on each side at4 the top and lbottom thereof, a cooling chamber in each end having the top inclined downwardly from the end adjacent to the ice chamber and from a.V

line above the upper edge of the upper opening in the icc chamber, and a. removable scctional false bottom in the cooling chambers spaced above the rea-l bottom and the top of the lower ,opening from the ice chamber, said false bottom being provided with a series of openings which are graduated to increase in size or be closer together as the distance of the successive openings from the ice chamber increases.

Des Moines, Iowa, March 20, 1912.

GEORGE F. MOOREHEAD. lVitnesses:

C. L. PERCIVAL, A. N. MACDONALD. 

